Course Introduction
This 5-day MBA in HR: The Future of Human Resources training course is designed for organizations that recognize people strategy as a decisive source of sustainable competitive advantage. In an era defined by rapid change, global complexity, digital disruption and evolving employee expectations, HR professionals must operate as strategic leaders rather than functional administrators.
This intensive and highly practical training course integrates advanced HR strategy with future-focused HR transformation and employee experience design. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of how modern HR drives organizational performance, engagement and resilience. By combining MBA-level HR capability with the best global practices, this training equips delegates to re-engineer HR delivery, influence senior leadership, and create measurable value across the organization. The training course delivers practical frameworks, contemporary insights and actionable tools that can be immediately applied in diverse organizational and cultural contexts.
This training course will highlight:
- Strategic Human Resource Management as a business enabler
- Re-engineering HR to deliver organisational value
- Future-focused workforce and talent strategies
- Enhancing performance, engagement and employee experience
- Positioning HR as a trusted strategic partner
Objectives
At the end of this training course, you will learn to:
- Understand strategic HR leadership principles
- Analyze modern HR operating models
- Apply advanced people management practices
- Design future-focused HR strategies
- Evaluate HR impact on performance
Training Methodology
This training course employs a highly interactive and learner-centered approach using proven adult learning methodologies. Facilitated discussions, real-world case studies, practical exercises and reflective activities are used to connect theory with application. The methodology ensures knowledge transfer, skills development and immediate workplace relevance, enabling participants to confidently apply learning outcomes within their organizations.
Organisational Impact
Organisations sending participants to this training course will benefit through:
- Stronger alignment between HR strategy and business goals
- Enhanced organisational performance and workforce productivity
- Improved talent attraction, retention and engagement
- Increased HR capability in leading change and transformation
- More effective and credible HR contribution to senior leadership
- Measurable return on investment in human capital
Personal Impact
Participants attending this training course will benefit by:
- Strengthening their strategic HR leadership capability
- Enhancing confidence and credibility with senior stakeholders
- Gaining practical tools for complex people challenges
- Improving decision-making in HR and people management
- Broadening career opportunities within HR leadership roles
- Demonstrating commitment to professional development
Who Should Attend?
This training course is designed for professionals who wish to strengthen their strategic understanding and leadership capability in Human Resource Management. It is particularly valuable for those involved in shaping HR strategy, leading people initiatives, or supporting organisational performance through effective workforce management.
This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Human Resource Managers and HR Directors
- HR Business Partners and HR Specialists
- Line Managers with people management responsibility
- Organisational Development and Workforce Planning professionals
- High-potential professionals preparing for senior HR roles
Course Outline
Strategic HR Leadership in a Changing World
- Human resource Management for the 21st Century
- Strategic approaches to Human Resource Development
- Human Resource Management is not personnel, new roles and responsibilities
- The evolving structures and models of Human Resource management
- Ulrich models: Business Partner, Shared Service and Centres of excellence
- The Future HR Model linked to HR Strategy
- The Impact of AI on HR
- Professional development and career pathways in modern HR
Change Leadership, Performance, Productivity and Workforce Effectiveness
- Change Leadership and the Change Journey
- Managing Resistance to Change through effective communication
- Best practice Change Management strategies
- Performance management in complex and multi-cultural organisations
- The changing nature of performance management systems
- Strategic alignment of objectives, standards and outcomes
- The role of all leaders and line managers in performance delivery
- Differentiating and managing high performance and high potential
- Managing performance gaps and underperformance through effective feedback
Talent, Resourcing and the Modern Employee
- Strategic workforce planning and talent acquisition to retain and attract Valuable Employees
- Contemporary, targeted recruitment and comprehensive selection approaches
- Global Trends: Digital and social media-enabled resourcing strategies
- The psychological contract and employee expectations (examining the new Generations)
- Managing multi-generational and diverse and global workforces
- Motivation, engagement and employee value propositions
- Reward strategy, remuneration and benefits design
- Retention strategies aligned to organisational needs
Employee Experience, Wellbeing and Workplace Challenges
- Workplace conflict and effective management interventions
- Supporting employees through stress, pressure and change
- Employee wellbeing, mental health and resilience
- Employee Assistance Programmes and organisational support systems
- Managing bullying, harassment and inappropriate behaviour
- Equality, diversity and inclusive workplace practices
- Creating psychologically safe and respectful work environments
Future-Focused HR Transformation and Capability Building
- Learning and development in the future workplace
- Neuroscience, learning effectiveness and capability building
- Identifying and addressing organisational learning needs
- Talent management, succession planning and workforce sustainability
- Leading and supporting organisational change
- Re-engineering HR services for added organisational value
- Measuring HR effectiveness and impact
- Developing a practical roadmap for HR transformation
Certificate
On successful completion of this training course, Oxford Management Centre Certificate with eligible Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE) from National Registry of CPE Sponsor will be awarded to the delegates
